The Potter's Hand

Aug. 29, 2007 - Reason #3,462 why I love homeschooling

Here in Texas, public school kids headed back to school on Monday. I thought of the frantic moms scurrying to get their kids up, dressed, fed and out the door to begin the new year. That moment made me grateful our family homeschools. My kids slept in and woke up slowly. I didn't have to worry about what they were going to wear. In fact, they wore their swimsuits! I didn't have to hurry them out the door. Nope. They were home, hanging out with mom and dad. Is there any wonder we love homeschooling?

To celebrate the beginning of ps, we made a day of it. Mike got up early and surprised us by taking the day off. After a huge breakfast by candlelight, we headed to the pool for three hours. Except for another hs family, we had the place to ourselves. As a fellow homeschool mom and I sat cooling ourselves in the water, we decided this was yet another reason why we love homeschooling. FREEDOM! Freedom from other people's schedules. Freedom to play hooky if we want. Freedom to insert fun into our lives at any given moment. Freedom to just be.

Yes, homeschooling calls for sacrifice and honestly, there are some days I wish that big yellow school bus would haul them away for a few hours. Thankfully, those days are few and far between. We play together, learn together, grow together, and sometimes drive each other crazy. I wouldn't trade that for all the coffee at Starbucks!

Better run. The kids are waiting to go to the pool.

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Aug. 29, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by homeschoolhighlites

Let's hear it for FREEDOM! Hip, Hip, Hurray!

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Aug. 29, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by grace4today

What a fun day. Freedom is one of my favorite things about homeschooling too! Have a great day.
Michelle

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Aug. 30, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by EEEEMommy

Freedom! Yes, I cherish it! And sending the kids to the school on the corner means giving up so much of it: freedom to dictate your own schedule, freedom to choose who will teach your child or what they're taught...
Homeschooling is definitely about Freedom and enjoying the freedom we have to the fullest!

Enjoy the pool! :)

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Aug. 30, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by grace4gayle

Hey, that's #3462 for me too! What a coincidence.

Wish I could ship you some cool air and fallen pine needles but yesterday it was 96 degrees here. It rained for 4 days before that and was only 60. What's up with that?

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Aug. 30, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous

how cool! We went to watch the fireworks outside Disney to celebrate not back to school. Your post made me think the beach would be nice to visit, once everyone is back in school, it's kind of staggered here- our city is back, but many in the county are not yet...

sounds like a lovely day out!
Jenny in Ca
www.homeiswhereyoustartfrom.blogspot.com

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The daily, sometimes hourly, musings of a homeschooling mom of four surviving on prayer, friendship and lots of Starbucks. Some days my cup runs over and some days it all spills out the cracks...and I wouldn't have it any other way.